To use thisEssential Addons element, find the ‘EA Post Carousel‘ element from the Search option under the ‘ELEMENTS‘ tab. Simply just Drag & Drop the ‘EA Post Carousel’ into the ‘Drag widget here‘ or the ‘+’ section.

After you are successfully done with this step, this is how the element is going to look like.

From this section, you can choose the ‘Source’ of your query from where the contents will be retrieved and displayed. You can use the drop-down to select one of these as your source: Posts, Pages, WooCommerce Products & Manual Selection.

After choosing your preferred ‘Source’, you can filter your contents by ‘Author’, ‘Categories’ & ‘Tags’. You have the flexibility to choose multiple options and add as many authors, categories & tags as you wish. If you do not want certain posts to appear, you can simply ‘Exclude’ those contents as well.

Moreover, you can set the number of ‘Posts Per Page’ and changes its ‘Order By’ option as well.

From the ‘Layout Settings’, you have the flexibility to use the toggle to hide or display ‘Image’, ‘Title’, ‘Excerpt’ & ‘Meta’. If you wish to show an image for the carousel, you can adjust the image size.

Similarly, if you toggle on the show except for your posts in the carousel, you will be able to set the limit of excerpt words from here. If enabled, you can change the position of ‘Meta’ as well.

Use the toggle to enable/disable the ‘Autoplay’ option. If it’s turned on, you are able to change the speed as well. If you wish, you can even turn off/on toggles for these following options : ‘Pause on Hover’, ‘Infinite Loop’ & ‘Grab Cursor’. On the other hand, ‘Navigation’ section allows to add Arrows or Dots or both for your Carousel layout.

From the ‘Post Style’ section, you are able to change the ‘Post Hover Icon’, ‘Post Background Color’ & ‘Thumbnail Overlay Color’. You can use the dropdown menu to choose your preferred ‘Hover Style’ as well. Besides, you can also add Box Shadow & add ‘Border’ styling.